Acanthopleura gemmata
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| Acanthopleura gemmata | |
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| A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura gemmata at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthopleurinae |
| Genus: | Acanthopleura |
| Species: | A. gemmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) | |
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Acanthopleura gemmata, the jewelled chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.[1]
This large species of chiton grows to be about 7 cm (3 inches) in length. It has oval shaped body with dimpled plate margins, a brown girdle with eight overlapping plates, long calcareous spicules and dark bands.
